3142 AWARD OF TUB FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 26th day of July 1877 

 (Seal.) DAYID W. LOW 



Notary Public 

 No. 75. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of J F 

 Muiison & Company have been engaged in the fishing business for the 

 past twenty-five years, at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washing- 

 ton Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed 

 as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed (Ten) (10) 



No. of Trips made Six trips yearly each vessel 



1872 1873 1874 1875 -1876 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 32210 



1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay 



St.Lawrence 500 450 510 120 



No. of Barrelsof Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not including 



Magdalene Islands all caught at Magdalens 



Average value of Vessels each $5,000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c. 



81,000 for Bay trip $600 for Georges Banks 



Average value of Insurance 9 per ct ou Vessel & Outfits 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz.. wages per mo .... 35 



Average value of Commissions, &c 400 each vessel 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c., for curing and packing, 

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor ou shore. .26,000 



Number of Vessels lost 2 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 815,000 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost 12 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c. per cwt. 75 

 Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c., per 



bbl 200 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores, .nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 16, 12, 8 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11 7 5 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 8250 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and various sup- 

 plies $2000 yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring. .6000 yearly last five years 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages * *. 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Actual value of fish in the water, before taking nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken nothing 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- 

 eries 



Trawls have taken the place of hand-lines for fish and Seines are 

 mostly used for Mackerel. Shore off the coast of the TJ States mackerel- 

 ling is more profitable than any other shorter trips & better Mackerel 

 The Vessels we have sent to the Bay of St Lawrence have not paid 

 their expenses We should have difficulty in shipping a crew for the 

 Bay We consider that fishery an entire failure The quality of the 



